Vestas Wind Systems on Wednesday announced it will ramp up production at its Pueblo tower facility after striking an agreement to provide towers to other companies.

The tower-supply agreement could use up to 25 percent of the Pueblo factory's capacity and create more than 100 jobs by the end of March, the company said in a statement.

"Vestas is known for having industry-leading quality in our manufacturing processes and facilities, and it is satisfying that other companies recognize this by choosing to use our factories to produce components," chief operating officer Jean-Marc Lechêne said in a statement.

The name of the companies using the components was not disclosed.

A wind turbine at the Vestas plant south of Pueblo. (Chris McLean, Pueblo Chieftain file via the Associated Press)

Vestas has scheduled two job fairs for welders, painters and assemblers. One will be at Pueblo Community College, Pueblo campus, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday. The other will be held at the DoubleTree Hilton in Colorado Springs from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Vestas has reduced its workforce in Colorado from 1,800 to 1,100 as orders for new turbines fell when Congress failed to extend the wind-production tax credit — a key subsidy for the industry. That included 90 firings at the Pueblo plant.The tax credit was eventually extended by Congress for one year .

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